ivorylike

English

Etymology

From ivory +‎ -like.

Adjective

ivorylike (comparative more ivorylike, superlative most ivorylike)

  1. Resembling ivory.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
      The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect.
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